Wednesday, 12 November 2014

R.I.P. Big Bank Hank

Henry Lee Jackson ('Big Bank Hank' of the Sugarhill Gang) 1957 – 2014

"Rapper's Delight" is a song recorded in 1979 by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang. While it was not the first single to feature rapping,
it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip
hop in the United States and around the world. The song is ranked #251
on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and #2 on both About.com's and VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs. It is also included in NPR's
list of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th
century. The song was also named as the Greatest Really Long Rock Song
of all time by Digital Dream Door. It was preserved into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2011, calling it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
The song was recorded in a single take.

There are three versions of the original version of the song: 14:35
(12" long version), 6:30 (12" short version), and 4:55 (7" shortened
single version). Ten years after its initial release, an official remix
by Ben Liebrand entitled "Rapper's Delight '89" was released.

.... Wikipedia

Check out the Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper Delight' on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diiL9bqvalo